Impact of War on Children

In 1994, the United Nations Secretary-General appointed Mrs. Graca Machel as an independent expert to carry out an assessment of the impact of armed conflict on children. Her groundbreaking report was presented to the United Nations in 1996 and set out a comprehensive agenda for the protection of children in armed conflict. Mrs. Machel, the former Minister of Education in Mozambique, is a well-known international advocate for children. She is the founder and president of Fundacao para o Desenvolvimento da Comunidade, a community foundation in Mozambique. She is a member of numerous international boards, including the United Nations Foundation, the International Crisis Group, ACCORD, the South Centre and the Forum for African Women Educationalists. She is currently the Chancellor of both the University of Cape Town and the United Nations University for Peace Sebastiao Salgado has dedicated his nearly 30 years as a photographer to chronicling the lives of the world's dispossessed. The Brazilian photographer has won numerous awards for his imagery. Among his published works are Other Americas, about the peasant communities in Latin America; Workers: An Archeology of the Industrial Age, on manual labour around the world; and Migrations and The Children, on the global phenomenon of mass displacement of people. A UNICEF Special Representative, Mr. Salgado has collaborated with a number of international humanitarian organisations throughout his career. He is presently documenting the global campaign to eradicate polioMachel, Graca is the author of 'Impact of War on Children' with ISBN 9780312294229 and ISBN 0312294220.